The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm?

Reports of baby pygmy hippos in Thailand and in Richmond, Virginia, have garnered much attention for their respective zoos, ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy ...

The Metro Richmond Zoo has launched the Poppy Cam, a new livestream of its baby pygmy hippo Poppy and her mother, Iris. Poppy was born on Dec. 9, 2024, at the zoo. The Poppy Cam lets hippo lovers ...

All hippos, including pygmy hippos, produce this secretion ... In the ensuing centuries, science has developed a deeper understanding of this natural moisturizer but questions remain.

It’s easy to see why — baby hippos are undeniably cute. But encountering a real-life hippo in the wild? Now that’s a whole different story. Despite their chubby, lovable appearance ...

Public court records show LaFredia Todd recently filed an appeal, weeks after being found guilty of a 2022 shooting that killed her Nacho Hippo co-worker, Quentin Johnson. After a nearly weeklong ...

It has been a few weeks now since the newborn pygmy hippo, Poppy, made her introduction to the world, and just like Moo Deng, people simply can’t get enough of her! Born on December 9, last year, she ...

All hippos, including pygmy hippos, produce this secretion ... they thought it to be blood. In the ensuing centuries, science has developed a deeper understanding of this natural moisturizer but ...